US Contract Attorney — Transactional

$100–120/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: US
Field: Legal

Evaluate AI-generated transactional legal work, including contract drafts, redlines, issues lists, due diligence summaries and deal analyses. The role also involves creating realistic legal tasks and reference answers grounded in US transactional practice.

The work

You will compare pairs of AI-generated responses to transactional legal tasks and determine which is stronger. Assignments may cover contract drafting, redlines, issues lists, due diligence summaries and deal analyses. You will write concise, source-grounded justifications, identify legal or commercial risks, and create realistic prompts, fact patterns and model answers based on your practice experience.

What Mercor screens for

The screening is likely to verify active admission in at least one US state, a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and at least three years of US transactional practice. Expect follow-up questions that test whether you can distinguish material issues from drafting preferences, apply relevant US law, explain deal consequences and support an evaluation with specific source language. AmLaw 100 experience and prior legal AI, annotation or benchmark work are preferred but not required.

Logistics

The work is recurring as new projects launch, with onboarding and calibration sessions required. The role starts immediately, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. The listing does not specify whether the work is remote, how much of it is asynchronous or the typical weekly hours, so candidates should confirm those details with Mercor.

Pay band: $100–120/hr

What they look for

Active bar membership in at least one US state
J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
At least 3 years of US transactional practice
Transactional drafting, redlining and issue spotting
Source-grounded analysis of contracts and deal documents
Clear, concise written evaluation of legal work

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This verifies the three-year practice threshold and whether the candidate has personally performed substantive transactional work rather than only observing or coordinating it.
A strong answer: Give a dated, matter-specific account of your practice and distinguish work you personally owned, such as drafting acquisition agreements, negotiating credit documents or managing commercial contract portfolios. Identify the jurisdictions and transaction types involved without disclosing client confidences.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by naming broad practice areas without explaining what documents they drafted, what issues they analyzed or what responsibility they held.

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